To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
HERMAN MELVILLEWe cannot live for ourselves alone.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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There’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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